A Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Joseph Kiverenge, has been jailed after failing to produce Sh13.3 million in exhibits recovered by police from two suspects.
Kiverenge served seven days in jail from January 3 to 10 after he failed to produce the money which was for verification before Justice Alexander Muteti.
This was in an appeal lodged by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Milimani Law Courts challenging the acquittal of the two suspects behind the infamous Dubai Mall Heist of 2018, which saw a staggering Sh140 million stolen. The money, originally held as evidence in a criminal case involving two suspects, was crucial to the case, but Kiverenge's failure to present it before the High Court has now led to his imprisonment.
The funds in question were recovered by police in 2018 from Rebecca Mueni Musau and other suspects acquitted last year in July by the Milimani chief Magistrate, for lack of evidence.
